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Vol 3, Issue #5
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Drain
Rays Food Place, 308 N 1st St.
Country Cabin Coffee & Laundry, 438 W “B” Ave Hwy38
The Rose Bar, 413 Umpqua Hwy 38
Mildred Whipple Library, 205 W. “A” Ave.
Beaver Creek Unique, 416 W “B” Ave.
Zolezzi Insurance Agency, 208 W C Ave
CG Market, 333 W B Ave
US Bank, 229 N 1st St
Hacienda Viera, 237 West B Ave
Brothers Cafe, 439 W B Ave
Oregon News Herald, 301 N 1st St
Yoncalla
Eagle Valley Supply, 2570 Eagle Valley Rd
Food Center & Deli, 2580 Eagle Valley Rd
Why Not Bar and Grill, 164 Main St
Yoncalla Public Library, 194 Birch St
Elkton
Arlene’s Cafe & General Store 14858 State HWY 38
Elkton Station 14940 State HWY 38
Tomaselli’s Pastry Mill & Cafe, 14836 OR Hwy 38
Elkton Community Education Center, 15850 HWY 38 W
Farm Pickins Mercantile, 326 1st Street
Rice Hill
Buy 2 Arco, 614 John Long Rd
Scottsburg
Riverbanks Speedy Mart 32841 State HWY 38
LULD Library Box at Fire Station, 33237 OR HWY
38
Reedsport
Jacks Barber Shoppe, 1199 Highway Ave,
TRMF Smokes, 1898 Winchester Ave. US-101
Don’s Main Street Family Restaurant, 2115 US-101
Recreation Station, 1575 Winchester Ave US-101 S
Creative Mercantile, 392 Fir Ave.
High Water Cafe, 427 Fir Ave.
Lower Umpqua Library, 395 Winchester Ave.
7-11 Store, 2011 Winchester Ave. US-101
Oregon Coast Restaurant, 2165 Winchester Ave
Harbor Light Restaurant, 960 Highway Ave
Cottage Grove
Old Mill Farm Store, 327 South River Rd.
Kwik Pik Market #2, 925 E Gibbs Ave.
Daves Corner Market, 633 N 9th St.
Safeway, 1500 E Main St
The Book Mine, 702 E Main St.
Dari Mart, 1200 E Main St.
Cottage Market, 603 OR HWY-99
Medication Station, 1041 N Pacific HWY-99
American Market, 911 E Main St
Eugene
Dairy-Mart,1495 River Rd #2
Dairy-Mart, 2735 River Rd
Dairy-Mart, 3620 River Rd
Dairy-Mart, 2920 W 11th Ave
Dairy-Mart, 4099 W 11th Ave
7-11 Store, 3762 W 11th Ave
7-11 Store, 1107 S Bertelsen Rd
7-11 Store, 895 River Rd
7-11 Store, 3821 River Rd
7-11 Store, 190 Hwy 99
7-11 Store, 701 Polk St
7-11 Store, 590 E Broadway
7-11 Store, 445 Coburg Rd,
Albertson Grocery, 311 Coburg Rd
Market of Choice, 1960 Franklin Blvd
Classic Smoke Shop, 733 State Hwy 99 N
The Embers Lounge, 1811 Hwy 99 N
Springfield
Dari-Mart, 1950 Mohawk Blvd #48
Dari-Mart, 220 W B St
Dari-Mart, 1875 Main St
Dari-Mart, 1554 M St
Fins, 4090 Main St
Dari-Mart, 6898 Main St #17
Albertson Grocery, 5755 Main St
7-11, 5808 Main St
7-11, 1396 Main St
Heartless & Hopeless Tattoo, 329 Main St
Winchester Bay
Beck’s Winchester Bay Market, 245 8th St.
Pelican Market, 75298 Pacific Coast HWY US-101
Oakland
Bart’s Oakland Market, 204 SE 1st St
Tyee Landing, 11424 Oregon HWY 138
Oakland Tavern, 104 Locust St
Sutherlin
Kwik Pik Market & Deli, 551 W Central Ave.
Smitty’s Food Mart & Deli, 1367W Central Ave.
Center Market, 1230 W Central Ave.
Center Smoke s, 1230 W Central Ave.
Shop Smart Grocery, 811 E Central
Center Market #42, 206 E Central Ave.
S-Mart, 333 E Central Ave.
Central Food Mart, 1021 E Central Ave.
Chevron/S-Mart, 1484 W Central Ave.
Roseburg
News & Smokes, 457 NW Garden Valley Blvd
Ridgeway Market, 1800 NW Garden Valley Blvd
Safeway, 1539 NE Stephens St
Roseburg Tobacco & Food Mart, 2050 NE Stephens St
1 Am Market, 1931 NE Stephens St
Lil’ Pantry, 2611 NW Edenbower Blvd
Buy 2 Arco, 2530 NE Stephens St
Mini Pet Mart, 333 NE Garden Valley Blvd
Mini Pet Mart, 2820 NE Stephens St
Albany
7-11, 333 34Th Ave SE
AM PM, 33200 OR-34
Dari-Mart, 1005 Queen Ave SW
7-11, 6190 Pacific Blvd SW
Government
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Drain
Mayor: Erin Sparhawk
Council Position #1: Melanie Lymath
Council Position #2: Kevin VanPelt
Council Position #4: Katie Decker
Council Position #5: Aaron Lymath
City Administrator: Ken Strobeck
City Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 6pm
Yoncalla
Mayor: Kathleen Wertz
Councilors: Amy Grabinski
Open Seat
Harold Gilpin
Bryce Wertz
City Administrator: Jennifer Bragg
Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 6pm
Elkton
Mayor: Daniel Burke
Council President: Joan Smith
Council Members:
Kim Moore
Dan Shepherd
Sandra Galli
Public Works Supervisor: Gary Trout
Council Meeting: 5/08/25 - 8:30am
Oakland
Mayor:
Bette Keehley
Counselor: Jan Wier
Counselor: Kent Rochester
Counselor: Sky Ironplow
Counselor: Betty Tamm
Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 7pm
Sutherlin
Mayor :
Michelle Sumner
Council President Debbie Hamilton
Councilor
Lisa Woods
Councilor
Larry Whitaker
Councilor
Adam Sarnoski
Councilor
Shawn Smalley
Councilor
Gary Dagel
City Manager
Jerry Gillham
Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 7:15pm
Reedsport
Mayor :
Linda McCollum
Council Position #1: Rob Wright
Council Position #2: Clifton Jackson Jr
Council Position #4: Sandra Rose Donnelly
Council Position #5: Allen Teitzel
Council Position #5: Rich Patten
Council Position #7: Debby Turner
Council Meeting:
5/05/25 - 7pm
Cottage Grove
Mayor: Candace Solesbee
Councilor Ward 1: Christine Hyink
Councilor Ward 2: Randell Lammerman
Councilor Ward 3: Dana Merryday
Councilor Ward 4: Greg Ervin
Councilor:
Jim Settelmeyer
Councilor:
Darrel Wilson
Council Meeting;: 5/12/25 - 7pm
County State & Federal
Douglas County Commisioners:
Tom Kress(Chair) Tim Freeman
Chris Boice
Jennifer Miller
Lane County Commissioners:
Dist 1: Ray Ceniga Dist 2: David Lovall
Dist 3: Laurie Trieger Dist 4: Pat Farr
Dist 5: Heather Buch
Oregon House Representative:
District 02:
Virgle Osborne
Oregon State Senator:
District 1:
David Brock Smith
U.S. Senate Oregon:
Jeff Merkley
Ron Wyden
U.S House of Representatives:
District 4: Val Hoyle
Secretary of State: Tobias Read
Attorney General: Dan Rayfield
Governor: Tina Kotek
Vice-President: JD Vance
President:
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Oregon News Herald
Editorial
By Rusty Savage
Well, it has been an eventful month here at the
Oregon News Herald. Our cramped and dismal little
office has been a challenge since the Herald was first
started. I’ve been plodding along and looking but
there has been no opportunities to upgrade. Until a few
weeks ago we got the opportunity to get the building
just down on the corner.
Our new address is 301 N 1st St. But, of course we
had to move out of the old place, which we managed to
do just in time and everything is stacked up in the new
building. Well it figures our new office will be nice &
well sized for us, but unfortunately its bare walls,
without sheetrock and bare floor. It’ll take a couple
weeks to actually get a functioning office ready.
So, in the meantime, I set up just enough layout
desk area and computer and monitors to get the May
issue finished. It may be a little smaller but we got it out
the best we could this month.
I’m always intrigued by the economic news of
the newspaper industry. It’s a tough business, we are
loosing an average of 10 newspapers per month in
this country, up from 7.5 in 2022. The news about the
closing of a 115 year old local acclaimed and highly
awarded weekly paper in eastern Oregon fits right into
that narrative.
I found a more positive bit of news on the Eugene
Weekly, which survived a near catastrophic fiscal blow
when an employee was alleged to have embezzled
over $100,000 around Christmas of 2023. Not only
was it a Cinderella story that the publication survived
nearly intact but a testament to the staff and the public
for such a cooperative effort. I look forward to an
upcoming interview with Camilla Mortensen, the long
time editor and recent new owner, especially in light of
the news that there has finally been an arrest and with
more information coming soon in a coming article
with the full story and an interview with Camilla.
115 Year Newspaper Legacy Closes
Continued from Front Page
Publisher Les Zaitz, 69, and his wife, Scotta
Callister, 72, former Enterprise publisher, have
owned the newspaper since 2015. They each
have been in Oregon journalism for 50 years – a
combined record of a century of service to the state.
“The Enterprise is a strong business and
represents the very best in community journalism,”
said Zaitz. “With no successor in sight, it’s time
for us to step back from decades of journalism to
a slower pace with a renewed focused on family
and friends.”
The decision was hard, the couple said, but
inevitable. Large newspaper groups no longer buy
such independent newspapers, and the pool has
shrunk of people who want to, as owners, both run a
business and a news organization.
Callister said the question of succession seems
likely to continue to challenge independent news
operations as owner-operators age.
“There’s been a lot of talk about saving rural
news operations – focused on funding, training
programs, digital upgrades – but you still need
someone to run them, someone with both a passion
for community and an understanding of the news
business,” she said. “That’s increasingly tough to
find.”
Zaitz said efforts to merge the Enterprise with
the county’s other weekly newspaper, the Argus
Observer in Ontario, were rebuffed. Newspapers,
especially rural and small town newspapers, are
experiencing dwindling numbers and in the US they
are going under at an average rate of 10 newspapers
per month. This means that approximately 127
newspapers have closed in the last year. Since 2005,
the U.S. has lost over one-third of its newspapers,
with a total of 3,300 publications closing. This
decline has led to the growth of “news deserts,”
where counties lack a locally-based source of local
news.
Capricorn Manor
Continued from Front Page
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